Adelaide cabbies rally after bashing, taxi theft
Dozens of taxi drivers are continuing to rally outside the Adelaide Airport in a show of support for a driver who was bashed and robbed overnight.
Balraj Singh was punched in the face and had his...
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Sunday May 18, 2008, 6:00 pm
Arabian Knights: Al Jaber leaves Austrian Airlines standing at altar
VIENNA (AFP) - It was to have been a marriage made in heaven.When Austrian Airlines and would-be investor, Saudi billionaire Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber, announced they were tying the knot in March,...
AFP Finance News -
Sunday May 18, 2008, 2:13 pm
Austrian Airlines' fate be resolved by year end: Vice-Chancellor
VIENNA (AFP) - Austria's conservative Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer on Saturday set a year-end deadline for troubled national carrier Austrian Airlines' future to be settled."The second half...
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Sunday May 18, 2008, 2:36 am
Austrian Airlines chief favours majority sale in case of partnership
VIENNA (AFP) - Austrian Airlines chairman Alfred Oetsch said he would favour a majority sale of the loss-making airline in the event of a strategic partnership, in an interview to be published...
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Saturday May 17, 2008, 5:43 am
Conlon: tram stoppage 'not the end of the world'
South Australian Transport Minister Patrick Conlon says it is not the end of the world that tram services had to stop today because of the wet conditions.
Passengers were forced to get off in the...
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Friday May 16, 2008, 7:02 pm
BANGLADESH'S BEST AIR STARTS FLIGHT TO BANGKOK ON MAY 25
DHAKA, May 16 Asia Pulse - With a view to attract foreign
tourists from Bangkok, Best Air, a private airliner of
Bangladesh, is going to kick off its international journey on
May 25. At the initial...
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Friday May 16, 2008, 5:22 pm
GM CONSIDERS SELLING CHEVROLET VEHICLES IN S. KOREA
SEOUL, May 16 Asia Pulse - General Motors Corp., the world's
largest automaker, is considering selling its mid-range
Chevrolet brand in South Korea to win more sales in the
country's fast-growing...
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Friday May 16, 2008, 5:22 pm
Transport workers angry at Queensland Rail division plans
The Rail, Tram and Bus Union today presented the Transport Minister with about 2,500 letters from workers angry with the plan to split Queensland Rail into three divisions.
Spokesman Owen Doogan...
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Friday May 16, 2008, 4:01 pm
SUBIC'S CONTAINER PORT IS PHILIPPINES NEW GLOBAL GATEWAY
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, May 16 Asia Pulse - Subic's New
Container Terminal-1 (NCT-1) was formally launched recently and
is now expected to enhance the Philippines' role in the global logistics market....
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Friday May 16, 2008, 3:18 pm
S KOREA'S JEJU AIR TO FLY OVERSEAS IN JULY
SEOUL, May 16 Asia Pulse - Jeju Air Co., South Korea's
biggest budget carrier, plans to begin offering international
flights between the city of Jeju and Hiroshima, Japan, in July,
the carrier's...
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Friday May 16, 2008, 12:45 pm
Malaysian minister steps into airline price war
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's transport minister said Thursday he would try to resolve a cut-throat fare war between the national carrier and budget airline AirAsia, whose founder has complained...
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Friday May 16, 2008, 3:30 am
FRANCE, EUROCOPTER PLAN AVIATION TRAINING SCHOOL IN INDIA
NEW DELHI, May 15 Asia Pulse - France on Thursday said it
is planning to set up an aviation training school in India
together with helicopter maker Eurocopter, even as it seeks
technical a nd...
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Thursday May 15, 2008, 6:16 pm
Claims train assault improperly handled
South Australia's Transport Department has admitted that procedures were not followed properly after the assault of a teenager on a suburban train.
The Department says staff have since been...
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Thursday May 15, 2008, 5:52 pm
Korean Airlines to provide info to ACCC
Korean Air must hand over documents about alleged price-fixing after the Federal Court dismissed an application by the airline challenging the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's...
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Thursday May 15, 2008, 5:34 pm
ANALYSIS - CHANGI TERMINAL 3 LIFTS SINGAPORE AS REGIONAL AIR-HUB
(Analysis from Asia Today International, Australia's
regional business magazine. Contact:
asiatoday(at)asiatoday.com.au) SINGAPORE, May 15 Asia Pulse - After several years in
planning and...
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Thursday May 15, 2008, 4:52 pm